Wooden Horse Of Troy Movie To Be Brought To Canakkale

ÇANAKKALE - The wooden horse used in the movie ''Troy'', will be brought to Turkish northwestern province of Canakkale on August 6, 2004.
Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism officials told A.A correspondent on Wednesday that the wooden horse would be brought from Japan to Istanbul first, and Canakkale later.
The wooden horse will be first displayed in Canakkale for a while and later, at the ''18 March Hill''.
The ancient city of Troy, known as the center of civilizations, is in Canakkale province of Turkey.
Charles McLaren found in 1822 the ruins of Troy left from Hellenistic and Roman Ilion, at Hisarlik district of Canakkale. The German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann excavated Troy from 1870 to 1890. His theft of treasures from Troy and his damage to the city will always be remembered in Turkish archaeological history. Since 1988 a new German team is working to rebuild Troy by using new and advanced technologies.
(UK-ULG) 28.07.2004